A
Brief History of The Kids in the Hall WebRing
Once upon a time there was a Webring.org and listed in its directory
was The Kids in the Hall Webring, as well as many other rings.
Then Webring.org was bought out by Yahoo.com and changes were
made. Then WebRing broke free from Yahoo, and more changes were
made. The Kids in the Hall WebRing has also undergone changes
and different RingMasters. A gal named Tenikia started it in 1996.
She disappeared and Laura rescued it. She handed the ring over
to me in January of 2001. (This was not a buyout ;o), she was
just too busy to manage it.)
Joining
the Ring
If your site is related to Kids in the Hall, you are eligible
for inclusion in the ring. Note: Being a fan of KITH is not enough,
your page needs to related to them in some way; but, it doesn't
have to exclusively be a KITH page.
You
can apply to ring directly on WebRing.
Once you are accepted you should come back here to get the appropriate
code to add to your page.
Migrating
to the new WebRing Unfortunately,
people who joined under the original webring.com or Yahoo! Webring
are not automatically to the new WebRing. (Their fault, not ours.)
If you see that your site in the KITH WebRing listing, you can
attempt to migrate
your site to the new WebRing. Take note of the Site ID of your
site (it's a number). The Ring ID is kith. The password is YOUR
password for YOUR Webring User ID. (If you do not have a WebRing
User ID, you can get
one and then proceed with the migration.) If you don't migrate,
the ring code on your page will not work any longer. Without up-to-date
ring code, you may be automatically removed from the Ring.
If
you do not see your listing in the ring, you probably were already
automatically removed. (Again, their fault, not ours.) Feel free
to rejoin as a new member.
Rules
of Membership Their
are only three rules to follow in order to remain a member of
the Webring.
1) Your site must remain active. If you move your site, it is
not our responsibility to track down the new URL. You must log
into WebRing and update your membership. (Please UPDATE, rather
than submit a new listing.)
2) Your site must continue to have useful KITH content. If you
abandon updates of your site, that is fine, but if the site is
outdated to the point where your site no longer provides any use
to average KITH fans, it may be removed. (It is unlikely that
this will affect many, if any, members. If it does affect you,
and you disagree with suspension, you can "appeal."
:o) If you change your content (removing KITH content), please
remove yourself from the ring.
3) MOST IMPORTANT - You must place the WebRing code on the page
which you listed with WebRing. (So, if you have a "WebRing"
page, do not list your homepage/index.html page with WebRing,
list the page which will contain the ring code.) WebRing uses
automatic maintanence tools which MAY suspend or remove you if
it does not find the WebRing code on the page you listed with
it.
I'm
A Member of the Ring - How Do I Get The Ring on My Page?
If you were a member of the ring before the Yahoo buyout of Webring.org,
you'll remember this graphic was the the navigation map for the
ring:
Yahoo implemented a new standardized (ugly) navigation bar which
we won't bother to reprint here...
Now
the WebRing has broken from Yahoo!, the ugly, standardized Yahoo
bar can be tossed in favor of more eye-friendly and subject-oriented
graphics. When you sucessfully add the webring to your page, it
will look like this:
To
get the code to make this work,
Log into WebRing, Click "My
Rings," Click "View Ring Sites," Click your URL,
Click "Get Navigation Code." Copy the code there and
paste it in the HTML file for your page at the location where
you want the ring to appear.
If
you are member of more than one ring, you only need to add this
code once - when you're approved to other rings, their code will
automatically be added above or below the KITH one. You don't
need to do any thing else.
Hard
Coding Your Ring Code
If you want to include the webring on any page other than the
one you signed up to WebRing with, (like a sub-page or the home
page of your site, rather than just one a "webrings"
page), you can "hard-code" the ring in any place your
want.
To
"celebrate" the rebirth of the original WebRing, "The
Kids in the Hall WebRing" presents four alternative graphics
from which you can choose, once you are accepted into the ring.
(These will be fully operational, but "WebRing" may
not recognize it in its automation tools. Therefore, it is STRONGLY
recommended that you install the webring as described above on
the page you signed up with.) The code and graphics below would
be useful to people who want to include the ring on other pages,
without the need for the 430 pixel width WebRing header or without
having to include ALL rings to which your page is a member. (For
instance, you'll find the stamp one on the main page of KITHfan.org.)
Important
- If you decide to use any of these optional ring navigations,
you should download the graphic or graphics you wish to use and
upload them to your own server space. Please don't load them externally.
(Meaning, if you have a page on tripod, your IMG SRC code would
look something like <IMG SRC="http://members.tripod.com/~member/kithwebring.gif">.
It SHOULD NOT have www.kithfan.org as its IMG SRC. You can download
the graphics 1) on Window PCs by right-clicking on it with your
mouse, hitting "Save Image As", and saving it to disk,
or 2) on Macs click it and hold until your menu pops up and click
save.
Small
Banner -
Here's a nice small graphic which can fit most anywhere, with
all the "navigation" options WebRing provides.
To
use this version of the ring on your page, first grab the code
from Webring (using the method described above), take note of
your user name and id. Look at the first line of the code and
you'll see something like this:
<script language=javascript src="http://ss.webring.com/navbar?f=j&y=USER&u=NUMBER">
USER after y= and the NUMBER following u=, copy those two bits
of info into the following tag, as follows:
<!-- USER NUMBER -->
where USER is the user you copied and NUMBER is the number you
copied. Example:
<!-- kithwebring 43890889098908 -->
Don't
ask why, these one little line is important to WebRing.
Now, to hard code the above graphic as your ring code, put the
following code on the line following the USER NUMBER line to use
the default ring graphic:
<img src="kithwebring.gif" width="234" height="60"
border="1" usemap="#kithring">
<map name="kithring"> <area shape="rect" coords="0,0,233,48"
href="http://www.kithfan.org/fans/webring.html">
<area shape="rect" coords="202,48,233,59" href="http://A.webring.com/go?ring=kith&id=IDNUMBER&next">
<area shape="rect" coords="158,48,202,59" href="http://A.webring.com/hub?ring=kith&id=IDNUMBER&hub">
<area shape="rect" coords="104,48,158,59" href="http://A.webring.com/hub?ring=kith&id=IDNUMBER&addsite">
<area shape="rect" coords="53,48,104,59" href="http://A.webring.com/go?ring=kith&id=IDNUMBER&random">
<area shape="rect" coords="0,48,53,59" href="http://A.webring.com/go?ring=kith&id=IDNUMBER&prev">
</map>
VERY
VERY IMPORTANT! - You must change the 5 instances of "IDNUMBER"
in the above code to the number of your site in the webring. For
example, this page, the KITH Webring home page, has an id number
of 56. 56 would replace IDNUMBER the five times it is used in
the above code. You can find YOUR site id number in the email
you received when you joined the ring.
Banner
Graphic-
If you link to sites using banners, and for whatever reason would
like to do the same for the WebRing, here's a graphic which is
a standard-sized banner.
Copy the following code into your HTML file to install the banner
graphic as your ring code. Remember to change USER, NUMBER, and
IDNUMBER using the instructions found under the default graphic.
<!-- USER NUMBER -->
<img src="kithwebring-banner.gif" width="234" height="60" border="1"
usemap="#kithring">
<map name="kithringbanner">
<area shape="rect" coords="0,0,467,64" href="http://www.kithfan.org/fans/webring.html">
<area shape="rect" coords="395,64,467,79" href="http://A.webring.com/go?ring=kith&id=IDNUMBER&next">
<area shape="rect" coords="326,64,395,79" href="http://A.webring.com/hub?ring=kith&id=IDNUMBER&hub">
<area shape="rect" coords="245,64,326,79" href="http://A.webring.com/hub?ring=kith&id=IDNUMBER&addsite">
<area shape="rect" coords="159,64,245,79" href="http://www.kithfan.org/fans/webring.html">
<area shape="rect" coords="87,64,159,79" href="http://A.webring.com/go?ring=kith&id=IDNUMBER&random">
<area shape="rect" coords="0,64,87,79" href="http://A.webring.com/go?ring=kith&id=IDNUMBER&prev">
</map>
Old
School Graphic-
Many ring graphics under the original WebRing system were odd
sizes, usually large. A little tougher to place, but if you'd
like a graphic with a little more character, here you go.
Copy the following code into your HTML file to install the above
graphic as your ring code. Remember to change USER, NUMBER, and
IDNUMBER using the instructions found under the default graphic.
<!-- USER NUMBER -->
<img src="kithwebring-legs.gif" width="250" height="175" border="1"
usemap="#kithringlegs">
<map name="kithringlegs">
<area shape="rect" coords="173,112,249,127" href="http://A.webring.com/hub?ring=kith&id=IDNUMBER&hub">
<area shape="rect" coords="82,112,173,127" href="http://www.kithfan.org/fans/webring.html">
<area shape="rect" coords="0,111,82,127" href="http://A.webring.com/hub?ring=kith&id=IDNUMBER&addsite">
<area shape="rect" coords="0,86,249,111" href="http://www.kithfan.org/fans/webring.html">
<area shape="rect" coords="179,69,249,86" href="http://A.webring.com/go?ring=kith&id=IDNUMBER&next">
<area shape="rect" coords="93,69,179,86" href="http://A.webring.com/go?ring=kith&id=IDNUMBER&random">
<area shape="rect" coords="0,69,93,86" href="http://A.webring.com/go?ring=kith&id=IDNUMBER&prev">
</map>
Stamp
Graphic-
If you want to use the WebRing on more pages on your site, besides
the one you signed up, here's a small little (non-obtrusive) stamp
imagemap which you could stick on as many pages as you like. If
you want to use your homepage in the WebRing directory but don't
want to use one of the big graphics above, use the following graphic.
Then, you can use one of the bigger graphics on the page where
you stick all your webrings. It's not recommended to use this
graphic without putting one of the other graphics somewhere else
on your site, because this graphic does not contain all the "links"
that they do.
Copy the following code into any page's HTML file where you wish
to use the stamp. Remember to change USER, NUMBER, and IDNUMBER
using the instructions found under the default graphic.
<!-- USER NUMBER -->
<img src="kithwebring-stamp.gif" width="120"
height="63" border="1" usemap="#kithringstamp">
<map name="kithringstamp">
<area shape="rect" coords="64,46,119,62" href="http://A.webring.com/hub?ring=kith&id=IDNUMBER&hub">
<area shape="rect" coords="1,46,65,62" href="http://A.webring.com/hub?ring=kith&id=IDNUMBER&addsite">
<area shape="rect" coords="72,0,119,18" href="http://A.webring.com/go?ring=kith&id=IDNUMBER&next">
<area shape="rect" coords="0,0,72,18" href="http://A.webring.com/go?ring=kith&id=IDNUMBER&prev">
<area shape="rect" coords="0,18,119,46" href="http://www.kithfan.org/fans/webring.html">
</map>
